{"product_id":"then-they-started-shooting-children-of-the-bosnian-war-and-the-adults-they-become-paperback","title":"Then They Started Shooting: Children of the Bosnian War and the Adults They Become - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Remarkable insight and sensitivity . . . deepen[s] our understanding of human resilience and how people rebuild their lives from tragic circumstances.\" --\u003cb\u003eKENNETH ROTH\u003c\/b\u003e, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in this book are eloquently and poignantly recounted, and offer a vital, complex portrait of what the long road to peace looks like.\" --\u003cb\u003eDINAW MENGESTU\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Read the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Profound . . . Rarely do we get the opportunity to delve into the thoughts of the young caught up in such a tragedy--and meet them not just once in their lives but again years later.\" --\u003cb\u003eTIM JUDAH\u003c\/b\u003e, Europe correspondent for \u003ci\u003eBloomberg World View, \u003c\/i\u003e Balkans correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Economist, \u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImagine you are nine years old. Your best friend's father is arrested, half your classmates disappear from school, and someone burns down the house across the road. Imagine you are ten years old and have to cross a snow-covered mountain range at night in order to escape the soldiers who are trying to kill you. How would you deal with these memories five, ten, or twenty years later once you are an adult?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJones, a relief worker and child psychiatrist, interviewed over forty Serb and Muslim children who came of age during the Bosnian War and now returns, twenty years after the war began, to discover the adults they have become. A must-read for anyone interested in human rights, children's issues, and the psychological fallout from war, this engaging book addresses the continuing debate about PTSD, the roots of ethnic identity and nationalism, the sources of global conflict, the best paths toward peacemaking and reconciliation, and the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her work in child psychiatry in conflict-affected areas of Central Europe and has established and directed mental health programs in areas of conflict and natural disaster throughout Latin America, the Balkans, East and West Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Her field diaries have been published in \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books, \u003c\/i\u003e and her audio diaries have been broadcast on the BBC World Service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is a child psychiatrist, relief worker, anthropologist, and author of \u003ci\u003eThen They Started Shooting: Children of the Bosnian War and the Adults They've Become\u003c\/i\u003e. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her work in child psychiatry in conflict-affected areas of Central Europe and has established and directed mental health programs in areas of conflict and natural disaster throughout Latin America, the Balkans, East and West Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Her field diaries have been published in \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and her audio diaries have been broadcast on the BBC World Service. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellow, visiting scientist at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, research associate in the Developmental Psychiatry Section at the University of Cambridge, and honorary consultant at the Maudsley Hospital in London, Jones was also a senior mental health advisor for the International Medical Corps for seven years and is currently the Early Child Development Adviser for the Aga Khan Foundation in northern Mozambique.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769945522464,"sku":"9781934137666","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6e412066331f824a51c672f3466431e.webp?v=1780360509","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/then-they-started-shooting-children-of-the-bosnian-war-and-the-adults-they-become-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}